---
title: "Accord: Payee"
url: https://accordweb-production.up.railway.app/product/payee
description: "Payee pays only a recipient the vendor proved through its domain, its settlement authority approved and the buyer accepted. A message cannot change it."
updated: 2026-11-08
site_index: https://accordweb-production.up.railway.app/llms.txt
---

> Recipient authorisation: domain proof, settlement authority approval and buyer acceptance.

Inside Accord · Payee

# Make the recipient part of the agreement.

A payment needs an approved destination as well as an approved amount. Payee connects the recipient's domain proof, settlement authority and payment address to the deal.

[Set up your recipient profile](https://accordweb-production.up.railway.app/app/payee) [Inspect a recipient record](https://accordweb-production.up.railway.app/record)

> Illustrative: A recipient bound to the vendor's domain, approved and accepted.

## Establish the destination.

The vendor proposes a destination and demonstrates control of its domain. Its settlement authority approves the destination. The buyer accepts the binding for the agreement.

## Treat a change as a new decision.

A new address follows the configured approval and delay process. An instruction in an email is not enough to update the bound destination.

> Illustrative: A recipient change that needs a fresh proof, the authority, the buyer and a 24-hour delay.

> Illustrative: The recipient's version history, including a change request that was refused.

## Keep the history visible.

Inspect the current recipient version, the approvals behind it and any pending change before authorizing a payment.

## Control is not corporate identity.

Domain proof establishes control of a domain. Destination approval establishes authorization within the configured process. Neither alone proves that a business exists or that its commercial claims are genuine.

> Illustrative: What a payee binding proves, and what it does not.

[Review recipient controls](https://accordweb-production.up.railway.app/security)